Søren Halling-Overgaard

    Partner

    Søren Halling-Overgaard

    Partner | Attorney (Right to appear before the Danish Supreme Court) | Lic. jur. | LL.M.

    T: +45 27 12 02 64
    E: sho@halling-overgaard.dk

    About Søren

    Background

    • Master of Law, Aarhus University, 1985
    • LL.M., Duke University Law School, N.C., USA, 1988
    • Lic. jur., Aarhus University 1989
    • Licence to practice law, 1990
    • Course instructor for i.a. attorneys, auditors and financial institutions within core competences
    • Previous part-time lecturer at Aarhus University, Department of Law, within core competences

    Competences

    • Professional liability
    • Liability in damages and disciplinary liability for auditors, attorneys, financial institutions and estate agents
    • Management liability
    • Assistance in cases regarding financial crime
    • Limited liability companies, foundations, associations
    • Tax law
    • Reorganisation, generational succession, tax litigation
    • Litigation
    • Legal proceedings, arbitration, disciplinary tribunals and mediation
    • Acts as an arbitrator

    Memberships

    • The Danish Bar and Law Society (Det Danske Advokatsamfund)
    • The Association of Danish Law Firms (Danske Advokater)
    • International Bar Association (IBA)
    • IBA Negligence and Damages Committee
    • IBA Professional Ethics Committee
    • The Danish Association for Tort and Insurance Law (Foreningen for Erstatnings- og Forsikringsret (FEF))
    • The Danish Association of Insurance Law (Det Danske Selskab for Forsikringsret (AIDA))

    Publications

    • Advokaters erstatningsansvar (attorneys’ liability), DJØF Forlag
    • Revisors erstatnings- og disciplinæransvar (auditors’ liability in damages and disciplinary liability), DJØF Forlag
    • Generationsskifte – det skatteretlige grundlag i forbindelse med generationsskifte og omstrukturering (generational succession – basis within tax law in relation to generational succession and reorganisation), 4th edition, 2013, Djøfs Forlag (in co-operation with Birgitte Sølvkær Olesen, Attorney)
    • Ejendomsformidlerens og ejendomsmæglerens erstatningsansvar (estate agents’ liability), 2005, DJØF Forlag (in co-operation with Rasmus Mehl, Attorney)
    • Has also written a number of articles for journals within his core competences.